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I am shocked that the news outlets are declining to go behind the façade of our most treasured burial site Arlington National Cemetery and ask why, to date, there has been silence as to the transgressions, incompetence and, quite literally, fraudulent behavior …

I am not a big fan of the death penalty, but this case fits my personal criteria. Because of the propensity of people to make mistakes, and the irreversible nature of the punishment, my personal belief is there should be a higher standard for imposing death than simply guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt.” I would advocate a standard of “guilt beyond any doubt.”

It’s a sordid tale that shows “a disturbing pattern of misuse, abuse and callousness has emerged at Arlington, with no movement by the Army to correct the situation,” according to whistleblower Gina Gray.

A tenured English Professor at Annapolis is leveling an explosive charge about race-based admissions at the elite Naval Academy: “It’s a two-track system: whites have to excel to get in, non-whites don’t have to. They just have to be non-white.”

It strikes me as an outrage that our wounded warriors have to suffer this indignity, and for the life of me I can’t understand what the folks at Disney are thinking. Am I wrong about this?

Security Scare or Media Scare? Should the Coast Guard “exercise” with more restraint, lest it overexcite the trigger-happy news media, or should the media wait until they know what’s happening before inciting panic with unconfirmed reports? Call me crazy, but I think CNN blew it, big time.

On this somber anniversary, I am going to take the advantage of the fact that I now have my own blog to set the record straight on one event of eight years ago.

When I posted an item Friday about the wounding of CBS news correspondent Cami McCormick, I didn’t anticipate it would result in my “Welcome the N.F.L.” moment. I am well-acquainted with the low opinion of the press that many of you hold, but still I admit I was momentarily stunned by the number of comments that showed no sympathy for the wounded journalist.

The Press is not the enemy, or are we? The current kerfuffle over rating of reporters covering the U.S. military underscores the tension that exists between the military and media, which strikes me as a good thing.